The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-21
SELECT I'D.
KAriE STORY.



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i HsH f's=Hus hh1 HA-
~ Htti i' s li#a+aa "tat hai
H##H AHH. Wa' Margaret i coming -
mako a-a E.st eH- af.ItH BE- aert iar daF
altar 5'HHIH# HaI size concluded ial
t6# fsH NtH httH ia gItepp having
Af#ziHIt- iza
W "Hft -eHi'9 q iHt Hf' 'asIast iahle,
Naea Sid. brought .4 thr |nnageui look
tHE #--iYr that proved -afh an un9ctter
- uH Hlt l-iehttai flHu- A mother $
dirn announcements -ileneg fell nrou nS
atH iHr HH~.IaiF auc mniHrhti then cainr
"a perfect lH4eHn ai ordinations
10 Ha-f ''ia dear " hii IA Shame.
I tlnN pertrcAk hartia. etr.t ti'.
fetH capped tee whole by saying m
. al+uauiil' 'Annt Matsafet Is hoffu
did maIds just wish she would stay
away
Pauline wheeler. exclaimed our
| nhthl mother IN tones OF unusual sever
lty. Your fathers only sister l am
ashamed Of you!
'Wrll, ! should Ike to know, mother,
replied Polly. by this time considerably
ashamed OF her>elf-Polly always Is al
| terWardS-''Why Aunt Margaret Is so
! prcJudiced az INST Christmas trees, ana,
indeed, fun Of any kind And Children
too, added Ned, Sotto voice.
perhaps, sad mother, thou@ht1llllE
'ft will be best for me to tell you. 1t Is
II sad story, we exchanged glahces ol
satisfaction at the word STORY and
one that never must be referred to before
your aunt. lut / th NIX now, with Il
glance at the little girls, THAT even the
youngest of my children can be trusted to
| keep secret, especially one like TINS.
"0f course cam spoke mp Least as
we always called our tiny, ei2ht-Near-old
Elizabeth. and so can l., said Dainty,
our fa~tdioul one, who was two years
older than Least She was really named
Reatricc, but after she was Old enough to
ran about aud talk, and elevate her pretty
l.ttle nose at common things and common
iood-heartily fclished by the rest OF us
-she was soon rechristened
Polly WAS our sweet sixteen year-olu'
only she WASH alw1ys "eWect Still,
Polly was pretty good alter all. slie was
something like the "llllle 9lrl that haa Il
little curl. For When ioiiy WAS GOOD
she Was simply loyely, and when she Was
bad, well, She wasn't quite angelic.
Ned is our only boy, and comes in be-
tween Dainty and me. am Nate, Just
Kate. Sometimes, though, am haty-dld'
hat is when do things the others for
get about. tell mother that is all am
good for
At the time am wrltln@ ABOUT lather
had been dead five years and 1t had taken
lots of money to feed and clothe us all
Still, if we did have to economAe IN
many WayS-lhat NOBODY put illotiief anu
| knew anything about were happy
family and had great Sood tililes. Inns
coming Ohrlstilas we were pi"Hi','lS "
have tree. And now, tins oohio-shcil
OF letter had exploded III our iiiiast'
Well that evening, mothcr toll us such
sad story about Aunt martarets lover :
ana now The news came 10 ller ol ms suu-
den death, flght III tne must oI gay
Chris mas festival. MS very Sllt TO her
had Just been taken from the lfcc ana
placed in her hands. 1t seems he found
he could not be present, so sent his gift
Tor Aunt Margaret, to irlehd, VINO
placed it on the tree. 1t was really
very dreadful story; and by the time
mother had finished telling IL, we were
all wiping our eyes Iender-hearlcd
Least was sobbing audioiy' wouidn I
have Chris tmas tree 1or anything III the
world wouldn't give cent Tor one
declared Ned stoutIy, his voice trehoilhS
lltiic Wl'Ial za.,.. ~.
~ WI, =, lell you thla'iah Jus' pi Ma I VI
win 'o 'Nci"''l9" "i'l''''9',o pis 2'',
ueh's PoSNet,nI ne' W.. i'',i'.H5' N.Y.,
anu pllsn'cIl,n5 up ie.9 is,, S' h,5., ~
"orh uhu il'"Ne eoi'', 'o,s III 9.'','1' ~
pies'ntS io' n',,S r"' i ,,..,''. a."
ways Deeh litI'e "iia'u oi iei, a." new
ua'ts' ~ S''e i'ei 3i,T ,''.'9 'la,,
She nus 'ecn igie' pu' iYe' ',''a' 9iip.
never 'e ai'"lo u ''ei "s''"' '''''' 0"'S
pltS y, icr' n.u., an cut IL.
inlN l'i"', 81 u'9 W. "'' - -f ~ =, , "''',
AZ one niotlei 'llioa1" ,i W - ms
near "l'loui s'Io sur, o"'
mus % .t, ,r,ess5 " a. ~, na,G fa.
Auil Mafs"IeI ui'' no' 'ee' ~, a,,s
thlhS' Tor seNerai years ocioi', sur i'au
recelNea quite /" ics",S lioin AZ o'' 'aul
! INC one lDl Ni'ih 7ll' Nd7 h""'eN "i'